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On the third day of the scheme, rolled out on Sunday, 20.57 lakh took a free ride in Bengaluru city buses, which cost the government Rs 2.02 crore, according to official figures.
However, the state government made maximum spending of Rs 4.12 crore on 13.98 lakh women who travelled in the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses.
As many as 11.09 lakh women travelled in the North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (Rs 2.72 crore). There were 5.89 lakh women passengers using Shakti scheme in the Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, (Rs 1.95 crore). In just three days since the launch of Shakti scheme — a key pre-election promise of the Congress — in the state, 98,58,518 women travelled free in state buses which has cost the state exchequer Rs 21.06 crore.